Nyala, September 07 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have released several female journalists and activists detained for more than six months after participating in a women’s rights workshop in Nyala, South Darfur State, last February, according to sources who spoke to Darfur24. Those reportedly released include broadcaster Ishraqah AbdelContinue Reading
Al-Daein, September 07 (Darfur24) Low rainfall and drying pastures in Darfur have forced herders to alter their traditional migration routes and keep their livestock around agricultural areas in East Darfur, raising fears of renewed tensions between farmers and herders over water and grazing land. Hamdan Jabrallah, a herder from BahrContinue Reading
Khartoum, September 07 (Darfur24) The Sudan Atrocities Prevention and Justice Coalition has condemned the August 30 attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian convoy in South Kordofan, which destroyed 50 metric tons of food aid and injured civilian drivers. The coalition, comprising the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Germany,Continue Reading
Khartoum, September 05 (Darfur24) UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to Sudan Pekka Haavisto arrived in Khartoum on Friday for consultations with key Sudanese stakeholders on de-escalation and measures to strengthen civilian protection. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Haavisto spoke by phone on Thursday with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed HamdanContinue Reading
Khartoum, September 05 (Darfur24) The Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Preparatory Committee will begin official consultations with political forces on Saturday as part of efforts to establish a political path to resolve the country’s conflict, committee spokesman Osman Mirghani said. The 19-member committee launched the Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Initiative in Khartoum last Sunday. TheContinue Reading
Zalingei/Qureida, September 05 (Darfur24) Three people were killed in separate suspected armed robbery incidents in Central and South Darfur, while clashes following one of the attacks left additional people injured, according to residents and community leaders. In Deleij town, Wadi Saleh locality, Central Darfur, two brothers, Mohamed and Idris Adam,Continue Reading
Nairobi, September 05 (Darfur24) Families and local sources say armed Chadian men have detained several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members inside Chad and demanded ransoms for their release, following an airstrike on an RSF convoy near the Sudan-Chad-Libya border. The family of an RSF soldier identified as Ahmed told Darfur24Continue Reading
Kauda, September 04 (Darfur24) Escalating violence in the Kauda area of South Kordofan has killed 453 people, displaced about 53,000, and led to the arrest of 710 others, including 45 humanitarian workers, since March, according to humanitarian sources who spoke to Darfur24. The sources said the displacement followed the killingContinue Reading
El Fasher, September 04 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied forces have continued reinforcing earthen berms and trenches around El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, while tightening restrictions on civilian movement into and out of the city, eyewitnesses said Thursday. Humanitarian workers and other witnesses toldContinue Reading
Geneva, September 04 (Darfur24) The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has warned that drone warfare and foreign support are expanding the scope of the conflict and increasing risks to civilians, saying there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that a cross-border network has supplied the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) withContinue Reading